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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gokhan Saki (ranked 4245 p4p, 411 weight class) and Desmond Okafor (ranked 1608 p4p, 213 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Saki might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Beko . Desmond Okafor will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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205 lbs
5 - 8 - 0 |
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202 cm
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215 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gokhan Saki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Desmond Okafor!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Okafor misses with a body kick.
Saki doesn't manage to clinch there - Okafor circles away.
Okafor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saki throws out the jab.
Okafor throws a push kick but Saki slaps the foot to one side.
Saki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Okafor slips under a jab.
Okafor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Saki takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Saki throws out a powerful jab.
Okafor swats away the attempt to clinch by Saki.
Okafor looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Saki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Okafor has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Okafor.
Saki lands with an uppercut that bounces Okafor off the cage and back into range.
Gokhan Saki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Okafor scores with a hook.
Saki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Saki gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Okafor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Okafor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Okafor sends Saki crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Okafor is motioning to the referee to let Saki up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Saki is rocked!
Saki throws a head kick that misses.
Oh Saki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Saki wants to slow Okafor down by chopping away at his legs.
Okafor lands with a thumping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Saki.
Saki backing away here, and Okafor unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Saki drops his hands momentarily. Okafor doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Saki staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Saki doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Desmond Okafor!
Desmond Okafor tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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